Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-164802-20150509163800/@comment-26269901-20150626054731

76.4.30.183 wrote: We can't really say he's dead, in dmc4se he is shown walking up to a unfinished town of fortuna trying to see what they were doing. As to what happened to him after his visit, we will have to wait for the developers.

You do realize that tiny bit of Vergil's story we got from DMC4SE is from before DMC3? I agree that everything is still on the table, but unfinished town of Fortuna is not a good proof.